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Polarization of the Nordic Labour Markets
Asplund Rita
Barth Erling
Lundborg Per
Misje Nilsen Kjersti
Finnish Economic Papers (2011) Vol 24:2, p. 87-100
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24.09.2025
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Bottlenecks in the Development of the Finnish Private Service Sector: How to Accelerate Productivity?
Kuosmanen Natalia
Kaitila Ville
Kuusi Tero
Maczulskij Terhi
Productivity growth in Finland’s service industries has fallen behind that of peer countries, weakening the economy’s growth potential.
This
24.09.2025
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167
Productivity in the Finnish Service Industries: Capital Intensity, Labor Allocation, Digitalization, Offshoring and Generative AI
Kuosmanen Natalia
Kaitila Ville
Kuusi Tero
Kässi Otto
Maczulskij Terhi
Pajarinen Mika
This report examines the factors shaping productivity in Finland’s private service industries. Specifically, we focus on the link
between
19.09.2025
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Are Firms Hiring Enough Workers? Firm-level Evidence from Finland’s Manufacturing and Service Industries
Kuosmanen Natalia
Kuosmanen Timo
Pajarinen Mika
Microeconomic theory posits that in competitive markets, wages are determined by the marginal revenue product of labor. This
study
17.9.2025
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Etla has lowered its growth forecast for the current year, stating that ‘the weakest link in growth is now household consumption’
The Finnish economy's promising growth has unexpectedly halted this year. Consequently, Etla Economic Research has lowered its forecast,
predicting
